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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1897
Page
2
Business leaders propose stationing a wagon at a remote city area to be ready during a potential fire, suggesting a mobile response to protect property and residents. The note reflects discussions among local businessmen about improving emergency coverage.
State ballot prospects favor Republicans in Ohio Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Iowa with Maryland New York and Kentucky in doubt and Virginia leaning Democrats. Kentucky fights hard with New York as a likely closer, while anticipated turnout and a press update loom in a forthcoming issue. Local items include social visits show reviews and light humor from readings, cycling jokes, and a call for a Indiana bibliography by the state librarian.
An excerpt discusses adopting a businessman's direct speech to convey clear thought and expression. It questions the depth of mud in Harrison's head when a particular remark was released, referencing the Inter Ocean as the source.
A collage of items including Kara Reed’s fragile condition at Colum bus Sanitarium, George Dalin selling Clover seed to Tom Winnedge, and residents paying county treasurer dues in Columbus. Notes on local trade, upcoming papers, pension voucher work by S W Daugherty & Co, a funeral at Verner Ave, and a nun of social gossip with New York Press quips. Also mention of Blankete purchase, cloak opening, and Big Four excursion info for the Buffalo convention.
A fragmentary collage notes The Midnight Sun and Norway's sleepless days and a child’s voice about the sun. It cites the Nebraska State Journal railing against doctors over deaths and a Minneapolis piece on silver turning to gold, with a Californi a claimant.
A fragmented note urges readers to bring in coupons and vote for a choice while odd lines reference a harp hung on a willow tree and a refrain about wells drying. It closes with a weather proverb about frosts and rain suggesting dry conditions and a plea for rain.
O E Butler lists several downtown intersections and addresses in Louisville. A New York Styler notice previews a Monday event at Meyer and Biegenbaum. Pfeiffer’s advertises fried lunch hours. A Big 4 excursion train from Columbus to Cincinnati is set for Oct 31 with a $1 round trip, plus theatre and jail attractions. Rentals and shoe making ads appear at multiple streets including Ninth and Washington and Midway.
Yesterday morning the ground lay under heavy frost. Early risers looked out to see a bright, eerie illumination on the earth, mistaken for a light show.
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